The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2021 - Issue 29

bitecars Jada Brookes marvels at Mercedes-AMG’s latest GT Black Series super sports car that is road-ready and roaring to go. sion located on the rear axle in a transaxle arrangement for optimal weight distribution. This allows the accelerator, engine response and drive programs, start-up characteristics and gear changes to be more agile. The Race Start function is now even more impressive, thanks to the increased starting revs, the more sensitive wheel slip control and the sports types fit for the race- track. Inside The Cabin Its impressive interior design emphasises the pole position of the AMG GT Black Series. Exclusive Nappa leather is combined with sporty black DINAMICA microfibre with orange contrast- ing topstitching. The instrument panel and the newly designed lightweight door handles equipped with loop pull handles in- stead of conventional handles are coated in black microfibre. Other orange contrasting topstitching, matt black carbon-fibre trim and the interior Night Package add striking highlights. With fully digital instrument displays taken from the AMG GT family; these include a 12.3-inch instrument cluster located in front of the driver and a 10.25-inch multimedia monitor on the centre console where you will find specific display styles - Clas- sic, Sporty, and Supersport. The latter has a central rev counter featuring extensive additional information, such as a prompt to shift up manual transmission mode called the ‘shift light’. The innovative coloured display buttons located in the V-shaped central console integrate the display and control of the transmis- sion logic, suspension, ESP (Electronic Stability Programme), exhaust system, rear aerofoil flap and start/stop function. The TFT display buttons use comprehensible symbols to show their operations easily to operate with just a tiny finger tap. The two rocker switches supplement the display buttons for the audio system's drive programs and volume control.